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Mount Pelee Volcanic Hazards
Tephra falls
Lava intrusions
Gases
Mudflows
Pyroclastic Flows
Landslides
Tsunami
Global Hazard Map
 
PYROCLASTIC FLOWS 
 
Mode of action: By shock wave, combustion, impact of projectiles, wrenching, abrasion, transport, burial
Distance: (average) < 10 km
Temperature : < 900 °C
Speed: (average) 20-30 m/s
 
Blast, fires, total destruction of human infrastructures and vegetation, topographic changes by filling and disturbance of the hydrographic network.

On humans: death or serious injuries
 
 
Pyroclastic flows hazard map for Mount Pelee Volcano 
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